Rev. Matthew Erickson, O.P.

Parochial Vicar

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Father Matthew Erickson was born and raised in Newport, R.I. After graduating from Providence College in 1983, he entered the Dominican novitiate and was ordained to the priesthood in 1990. Father Matthew has served the Dominican Province of St. Joseph in various pastoral and administrative assignments, including Holy Name of Jesus, Philadelphia, PA; St. Mary, New Haven, CT; St. Catherine of Siena and Saint Vincent Ferrer, New York, NY; the Dominican House of Studies, Washington, DC; and Saints Philip and James, Baltimore, MD. Father Matthew is very grateful for the tremendous welcome he has received since arriving at St. Thomas Aquinas, and he looks forward to getting to know and working with all parishioners over the coming months and years.